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On Freemasonry.
his sons migrated to the p lains of Shinar , where they laid the foundation of the Bab y lonian empire , and erected a tower , whose hei g ht was intended to reach the heavens , in honour of their worship , the chief object of which was the sun ; honoured b y the different nations descended from the builders of Shinar under the names Osiris , Bacchus , and Adonis . The number of authorities to prove this have been collected by Kirker .
" Ogygia tne Bacchum canit , Osiris JEgyptus putat , Arabise gens Adoneum . " Ausonius in Myobarhtim . It is recorded by Sanchoniathon , that Shem married into
the famil y of Ham ; from which union sprung those three extraordinary men called the three mi g hty ones , who , with unceasing perseverance , disseminated their system of idolatry , founded upon the science of astronomy , prostituting for that purpose the pure Masonic knowledge imparted by their father . It was to dissipate these errorsand preserve
, the worshi p of himself on earth , that the Great Architect confounded the tongues of the idolaters . The descendants of Shem , who remained true in their allegiance to his holy name , alone retaining the ori g inal language of mankind . Prevented in their design of founding an universal
empire , which the inordinate ambition of Nimrod had led him to contemplate , the tongues , destined to become the founders of distinct nations , dispersed , and gradually peopled the most remote parts of the earth , first inventing a means of rendering themselves intellig ible to each other , should they ever encounter in distant lands those who had laboured
with them on the p lains" of Shinar ; this is the orig in of that peculiar knowledge amongst Masons , which enables them to hold converse with their foreign brethren , although unacquainted with the language of their country ; forming one of their bonds of union , as general as it is indissoluble . Shemon whom the patriarch ' s blessing rested , settled in
, Salem , which he governed , under the name of Melchezedek both as jniest and king ; from whose royal and sacred line it was foretold should spring a yet g-reater one , in whom the mystery , the promise , and the sacrifice should be fulfilled .
Abraham , who was upwards of a hundred years ot age when Shem died , received from him his knowledge of the sacred science , which he practised , together with the wor-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
his sons migrated to the p lains of Shinar , where they laid the foundation of the Bab y lonian empire , and erected a tower , whose hei g ht was intended to reach the heavens , in honour of their worship , the chief object of which was the sun ; honoured b y the different nations descended from the builders of Shinar under the names Osiris , Bacchus , and Adonis . The number of authorities to prove this have been collected by Kirker .
" Ogygia tne Bacchum canit , Osiris JEgyptus putat , Arabise gens Adoneum . " Ausonius in Myobarhtim . It is recorded by Sanchoniathon , that Shem married into
the famil y of Ham ; from which union sprung those three extraordinary men called the three mi g hty ones , who , with unceasing perseverance , disseminated their system of idolatry , founded upon the science of astronomy , prostituting for that purpose the pure Masonic knowledge imparted by their father . It was to dissipate these errorsand preserve
, the worshi p of himself on earth , that the Great Architect confounded the tongues of the idolaters . The descendants of Shem , who remained true in their allegiance to his holy name , alone retaining the ori g inal language of mankind . Prevented in their design of founding an universal
empire , which the inordinate ambition of Nimrod had led him to contemplate , the tongues , destined to become the founders of distinct nations , dispersed , and gradually peopled the most remote parts of the earth , first inventing a means of rendering themselves intellig ible to each other , should they ever encounter in distant lands those who had laboured
with them on the p lains" of Shinar ; this is the orig in of that peculiar knowledge amongst Masons , which enables them to hold converse with their foreign brethren , although unacquainted with the language of their country ; forming one of their bonds of union , as general as it is indissoluble . Shemon whom the patriarch ' s blessing rested , settled in
, Salem , which he governed , under the name of Melchezedek both as jniest and king ; from whose royal and sacred line it was foretold should spring a yet g-reater one , in whom the mystery , the promise , and the sacrifice should be fulfilled .
Abraham , who was upwards of a hundred years ot age when Shem died , received from him his knowledge of the sacred science , which he practised , together with the wor-